Sweetwater Carriage Company

During my past month of limited posting - I have had the extreme pleasure of starting the driving training of a registered American Shetland. Chance is just 3... yrs old and had no prior training. He learned to lunge and then to wear a harness and now he is ground driving. We have also had the cart around him and he is fearless. Since he has never been away from the place he was born, I am doing a LOT of exposure work - walking on the trails to show him up and down hills, change in footing and a few trail obstacles. His "little big sister" is Sari - a 10 yr old Mini mare - who has been driving - but had 2 yrs off. After a couple weeks of lunging and ground driving, we hitched her for the first time - she was Stellar!

It has been an absolute Pleasure working with this lovely 17 yr old Arabian mare and her owner. Electra had a 10 year career as an endurance horse and even com...pleted the Tevis Cup with Linda. An injury to her front legs retired her from racing. Pulling a cart is less weight and lower impact work! She took to it like a Rock star! See more

driving training is available - $700 a month including board in a pipe corral.

I will be offering carriage rides on Lancaster Blvd on Feb 14th. $35 for a 10 minute ride - with up to 6 people on board. We will be based behind Pour d'Vino... in the parking lot north of the blvd near Fern. Please call Monica Whitmer at 661-902-9892 to reserve a time. Walk ups are welcome as the schedule permits. We will start at 5 pm and continue to 7:30 pm. Proceeds will support the rescue animals at Sweetwater Ranch.

is there an interest in Christmas Light Carriage rides this year? Let me know - and if you have a location to suggest let me know that also.

Lego continues to shine as a carriage horse - We did an incredible job working a steep hill up Spanish Broom in the Palmdale hills - remind me to NEVER accept a driving contract without enough notice to pre scout the route!!!

No upcoming driving events for Lego - happily he also rides -so he did a lesson today. We MIGHT be doing some drives on the BLVD this summer - anyone interested?

We might be offering carriage rides in the poppies again this year - if you are interested call - 661- 902-9892

the Tait ranch is a beautiful venue - and the weather was Perfect. Glad to have been a part of Natalie and Griffith Ford's wedding.

a great drive in Palmdale.

did our first prom of the year. The winds were bad enough that I called the mom and offered her the option of cancelling and I woudl refund her deposit -but they decided to "weather the storm" an in truth it wasn't that bad. at least not during the drive to Eastside high - but oh boy, it was bad after we got back to the ranch! We handed out every business card we had - need to remember to restock! All in all, a good day.

GREAT day out with the carriage - doing a private party. We took the easter bunny to a family's home where 10 grand kids were there - then spent an hour giving rides to everyone in the family. We know how to have fun!